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Form tools folder not updating
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Form tools folder not updating

Form tools folder not updating

(OP)
Hi there, I'm using SW2008 and have run into a situation where the folder that I put form tools in does not update.  After making a form tool and designating the folder it's in as such I try pulling it in from the design library pane, but it's not there.  Only when I close SW and start it up again does it appear.  Has this happened to anyone else out there?  Thanks!!

RE: Form tools folder not updating

I've noticed funny stuff along these lines, too.  But specifically, my troubles were related to form-tool based features having no ability to be edited.  So if you want to change the profile of an Indent, for instance, too bad--it's not possible.  The only way to do it is to delete the feature (and hose everything downstream) and start over.

So I'd caution about using features like this in the first place, unless you don't plan any edits or need to use the forms multiple times in multiple parts (saving time).

 

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people governed by fear cannot value freedom.

RE: Form tools folder not updating

(OP)
I hear you Jeff, every time I edit a form tool I need to reapply it.  Unfortunately, some of these parts I work on are thermoforms used in packaging, and the form tools duplicate the process exactly.  Maybe some day if my company graduates to '09 or a later version there may be easier form tools to use.  I haven't taken the time to research that.  As for my current issue, I will have to keep rebooting. *sigh*  BTW, clever username you picked out.  

RE: Form tools folder not updating

Oh, thermoforming packaging.  Well, you can create a much more editable library of surfaces if you like (even if saved as part files).  Offset surfaces from the product inside, patch it up a bit, and save your offset surfaces to create the thermoform package.  If nothing else, it would probably allow greater freedom to edit your features.  (This level of surfacing is normally quite robust, and simple to learn, if you're not familiar with it.)  Plus, it works great in anything from, say, v2005 and beyond.  (I'm not sure I'd really recommend the higher versions of SolidWorks at this point--plenty of bling, not a lot of profitable feature sets.)

My username--yeah, I thought "Most-Excellent-Theophilus" might be a bit over the top.  I'm pushing it, as-is, with the shortened version.

 

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people governed by fear cannot value freedom.

RE: Form tools folder not updating

(OP)
Thanks, I will check out the Indent feature.  I also poked around and found out that all I needed to do was click on  Refresh at the top of the Design Library pane to update the folder contents.  Live and learn.  Much obliged.

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